No other nation, no matter how great, has laws so just as those that I have taught you today.

At Mount Sinai you came down from heaven; you spoke to your people and gave them good laws and sound teachings.

You taught them to keep your Sabbaths holy, and through your servant Moses you gave them your laws.

He gives his message to his people, his instructions and laws to Israel.

He has not done this for other nations; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD!

Much, indeed, in every way! In the first place, God trusted his message to the Jews.

But even in the desert they defied me. They broke my laws and rejected my commands, which bring life to anyone who obeys them. They completely profaned the Sabbath. I was ready to let them feel the force of my anger there in the desert and to destroy them.

"But that generation also defied me. They broke my laws and did not keep my commands, which bring life to anyone who obeys them. They profaned the Sabbath. I was ready to let them feel the force of my anger there in the desert and to kill them all.

Follow the practices and the laws that I give you; you will save your life by doing so. I am the LORD."

That is how you are to deal with those cities that are far away from the land you will settle in.

"But when you capture cities in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, kill everyone.

"You are right," Jesus replied; "do this and you will live."

Moses wrote this about being put right with God by obeying the Law: "Whoever obeys the commands of the Law will live."

But the Law has nothing to do with faith. Instead, as the scripture says, "Whoever does everything the Law requires will live."